A man has been jailed for drink driving in Bath while already serving a ban for causing death by driving without due care and attention.

Mark Rutledge, 35 who lives in rented accommodation in Radstock, received a ten-year ban in 2009 after crashing his Audi A5 into a tree, which led to the death of a 19-year-old woman in Northern Ireland.

More recently he was given an extension on his ban after being caught drink driving while serving disqualification in April.

But Rutledge, whose listed address is Carnwood in Lisnaskea, near Enniskillen, appeared before Bath magistrates on Monday (June 17) charged with further drink driving and driving whilst disqualified.

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He admitted both offences after being arrested on Lower Bristol Road, in the early hours of Sunday (June 16).

After being stopped in his Audi A5, a breath test recorded he was over the drink-drive limit, with 56 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.

Prosecutor Jeremy Oliver told the court Rutledge had been seen by a police officer “driving at speed...clearly intoxicated.”

Rutledge, who has worked at the quarry in Frome since January, was in Bath at the weekend where his phone was being repaired. But after being told the repairs would take a while he decided to stay in the city.